#+SETUPFILE: ../../../template/level-2.org
#+TITLE: Followup playtests three and four
#+DATE: <2019-08-12 Mon 00:00>
#+AUTHOR: vaeringjar
#+EMAIL: vaeringjar@land
#+DESCRIPTION: SPOILERS! Notes from playtests.
#+KEYWORDS: playtests


* Update

Please note this has prelimiary campaign details and may contain
spoilers.


* Playtest 3, Search the Wreckage

Seattle PD drone office Agent Smithereens hired Denzen and Ardric to
investigate an airship crash at SEATAC, with the original flight
planned from Anchorage to Seattle. Before the airship landed an
explosion killed or hospitalized all or most of the crew and
passengers. Aboard the airship, retired Chief Ocsir B Tony was
bringing something back of immense importance to the Seattle PD.

Denzen and Ardric took an underground train directly to the airport,
accompanied by drones, mostly about the size of a toaster. They
surveyed the wreckage while the drones took forensic data. Eventually
they figured out that two folks did not end up among the dead or
hospitalized, one was a passenger and the other was of the crew, Lt
Plato. When they finally made it to the bridge, they fought a combat
mage dressed in riot gear who EMPed the drones. During the skirmish,
another person showed up with a stun carbine and attacked everyone
around. Denzen and Ardric defeated the combat mage, the missing
passenger. The second person reveiled themselves as Lt Plato, held up
in the sickbay's tiny bathroom.

Denzen and Ardric continued to search the wreckage and found the
hidden possessions of Chief Tony, a case that looked identical to the
one that our heroes delivered to Big Cheese. They delivered their
report to Agent Smithereens and kept the case a secret.


* Playtest 4, Take the Train

During the same afternoon that Denzen and Ardric returned from the
wreckage of the airship, Big Cheese hired Cendre and Zuko to take the
MacGuffin to Vancouver via a maglev express. After arriving, they
would get information about where and to whom to take the
MacGuffin. She placed the MacGuffin securely inside a HoverDrone and
gave the party a lift directly to the train station. She had already
purchased tickets to take the 5:00pm maglev express from Seattle to
Vancouver BC. ETA 5:55pm.

The party settled in their sleeper car, the last car of five trailing
the engine. Shortly into the trip, Big Cheese sent a message to the
group: "The train has been highjacked, but I'm not sure who did
it. Make your way to the engine car to assess the situation."  She
added that if searched by security, they might lose the MacGuffin and
their money. So Zuko, Cendre, and the drone controlled by Cendre
decided to make their way to the other end of the train.

The train was mostly full of business folks, but a grifter asking for
money sold his coat to Zuko and followed the group for several
cars. In Coach 1, Cendre said "bomb" and acted pointing a gun in the
back of Mr Conductor and nearly caused a scene. Next, in the Business
Car, two trolls who were told to wait their turn to use the toilet
(because racism) caused a scare when they demanded the party move
aside and let them pass. Zuko set off a smoke spell while Cendre and
one of the trolls roughed each other up.

Finally in the dining car, the party witnessed the cause of the panic,
Big Troll, kill the bartender. With no other witnesses, Big Troll
decided to engage into combat along with his war hound drone. After
several rounds of fighting, Mr Conductor showed up and deployed his
security drones and destroyed the other drone, but Zuko was able to
convince him that they were friendly this time. Big Troll fled to the
engine car and then Cendre killed him before he could finish placing
the bomb on the train. Mr Conductor's security drones grabbed the bomb
and exited via an escape hatch with only moments to spare before it
detonated.
